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Cherwell planning applications

PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Cherwell District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Cherwell website

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
37,834Searchable applications
1,797Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 31,551 approved or refused records
2,855Refused applications

28,696 approved · 2,855 refused · 1,765 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Mar 2014 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas60 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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  1. Under Consultation26/02342/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (Landscping Scheme), 5 (residential land use plan), 6 (parking provision), 7 (cycle parking) and 8 (bin store) of 25/00411/F

    Conker Cottage Hollow Road Lower Tadmarton Oxfordshire OX15 5SS

    Received 7 Sept 2026
  2. Application Permitted22/03788/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 4 (timber cladding) of 21/01505/F

    Stone Hill House Stone Hill Bloxham Banbury OX15 4PT

    Received 19 Dec 2022
  3. Application Refused24/02119/NMA

    Insertion of ground floor window on West Elevation at the rear of the building, not visible from the street or to the neighbours (proposed as non-material amendment to 19/02129/F)

    Methodist Chapel Temple Mill Road Sibford Gower OX15 5RX

    Received 5 Aug 2024
  4. Application Permitted21/03751/TCA

    T1 x Sycamore. Remove 4 x lower limbs and if left to growth they will bend under the weight and eventually break off that are causing the safety issue.

    Driving Standards Agency 3 West Bar Street Banbury OX16 9SD

    Received 8 Nov 2021
  5. Application Refused21/01346/F

    Two storey side extension and single storey rear extension.

    1 Montgomery Road Caversfield OX27 8FG

    Received 14 Apr 2021
  6. Application Permitted21/01933/TPO

    T1- Reduce the height of Lombardi Poplar by 7m. T2 -Reduce the height of Lombardi Poplar by 10m. Due to concerns of storm damage risk, due to a large windsail above the rest of the canopies. Subject to TPO 10/1990

    Various Trees At Highlands Tadmarton OX15 5SR

    Received 2 Jun 2021
  7. Application Permitted20/00656/TCA

    T1 x Chamaecyparis previously topped - Remove upright re growth and lightly trim the sides. T2 x Chamaecyparis in very close proximity to the boundary wall, obscuring visibility splay when exiting the drive - Fell to near ground level.

    Maydene 4 Orchard Lane Upper Heyford OX25 5LD

    Received 5 Mar 2020
  8. Application Permitted18/02081/F

    First floor extension

    3 The Bank Milton Banbury OX15 4HF

    Received 3 Dec 2018
  9. Prior Approval Not Required26/01905/AGN

    Implement and machinery storage building.

    Fern Hill Farm Thorpe Road Wardington

    Received 24 Jul 2026
  10. Application Permitted19/00197/LB

    Re-instatement of attic bedroom including installation of new dormer windows and staircase. Conversion of garden room into kitchen

    Woodview Main Street Wroxton Banbury OX15 6PT

    Received 31 Jan 2019
  11. Application Permitted15/00163/DISC

    Clearance of condition 3 of 15/00116/F

    Austins Farm Barn Main Street Upper Tadmarton Banbury OX15 5SJ

    Received 24 Apr 2015
  12. Determined Application20/01659/CNMA

    Non-material amendment to 20/00900/ADJ - Amended plans reference Position 1 v4, Position 2 v4, Position 3 v4 and Position 4 v4, showing the shepherds huts in the same locations but positioned on railway sleepers and not on stone bases as originally proposed. Cess pits are proposed to serve each of the huts, and not septic tanks as originally proposed - SDC ref. 19/03575/FUL

    Bury Court Farm Bury Court Lane Shotteswell OX17 1JA Oxfordshire

    Received 23 Jun 2020
  13. Application Refused17/01510/F

    Single and two storey rear extension

    79 Bloxham Road Banbury OX16 9JS

    Received 14 Jul 2017
  14. Application Permitted23/02907/F

    Change of Use from Trades and Labour Club to Mixed Use (Sui Generis) for places of worship, offices, workshops and first floor HMO

    32 West Bar Street Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9RR

    Received 19 Oct 2023
  15. Application Permitted18/01483/F

    Erection of new agricultural barn

    Redundant Agricultural Barn At Folly Farm Station Road Launton

    Received 17 Aug 2018
  16. Application Permitted24/03333/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling

    16 Selby Close Banbury OX16 9ZG

    Received 16 Dec 2024
  17. Application Withdrawn16/01058/F

    Erection of first floor extension above existing at the rear of the property, addition of a bathroom window with obscured glass on the northern (side) elevation, addition of a skylight on the eastern (front) elevation and formation of 4 No parking spaces at the front of the property

    Fairlawns Guesthouse 60 Oxford Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9AN

    Received 2 Jun 2016
  18. Under Consultation25/00468/TCA

    T1 - Willow (Salix)-Pollard to previous points. T2 - Birch (Betula)- Crown reduce by 1.5m & crown thin by 10%.

    38 Bear Garden Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9PH

    Received 24 Feb 2025
  19. Application Permitted21/03815/F

    Erection of double car port

    Upper Campsfield Farm The Straight Mile Woodstock OX20 1QG

    Received 12 Nov 2021
  20. Application Permitted19/00111/LB

    Removal of partition wall at ground floor between two reception rooms

    43 Oxford Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9AH

    Received 21 Jan 2019
  21. Under Consultation25/02298/TCA

    T1 Liquidambar (1 of 2 closest to property) - Section fell tree, grind out the remaining stump to a maximum depth of 30cm

    Kirkstone House Church Lane Kirtlington OX5 3HJ

    Received 5 Sept 2025
  22. Application Permitted23/02420/LB

    Removal and reinstatement of damaged roof tiles, guttering, floor joists and timber lintels

    24 Sheep Street Bicester OX26 6TB

    Received 4 Sept 2023
  23. Application Permitted17/00126/F

    Alterations to existing attached garage and erection of single storey side/rear extension (revised scheme of 15/00712/F)

    57 Bicester Road Kidlington OX5 2LD

    Received 18 Jan 2017
  24. Application Permitted22/01713/TCA

    Row of conifers forming a hedge to be lowered by 4m to allow more light into the property. silver birch to be reduced by 1.5m to allow more light into the property

    Stonewall Castle Street Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0TE

    Received 9 Jun 2022

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Cherwell District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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